Summary: Actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof meet individuals who are doing work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of challenge, transformation and hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALBoone, Mary
Summary: Provides suggestions for different art projects, including making a survival bracelet, creating a garden stepping stone, and making a wind sock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 BOOBoone, Mary.
Summary: More than six million Shopkins characters sold in the first four months of sale, and this is the ultimate guide for collectors. The hit of the holiday toy season and a Girl Toy of the Year nominee, Shopkins are hotter than ever, and Ultimate Toy Collector is the must-have guide for true Shopkins collectors of all ages. It brings the fun and flair of the Shopkins world and features everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2015
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Alary, Laura
Summary: "As a child, Maria Mitchell longed to see beyond her little island of Nantucket. With help from her father, she discovered that, if you knew how to read them, the stars could tell you where you were -- and where you needed to go. Maria spent hours on the roof of her house scanning the sky -- finding constellations, nebulae, meteors, double stars. When the King of Denmark offered a prize to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MITCHELL ALARousey, Ronda
Summary: Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and new Hollywood action hero, charts her difficult path to glory. Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life -- in and outside the Octagon -- reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROUSEY ROUHara
Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HARHalperin, Mark
Summary: The authors of the best-selling Game Change present an account of the 2012 presidential election that draws on hundreds of insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering such topics as the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 HALRessa, Maria
Summary: Maria Ressa is one of the most renowned international journalists of our time. For decades, she challenged corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines, on its rocky path from an authoritarian state to a democracy. As a reporter from CNN, she transformed news coverage in her region, which led her in 2012 to create a new and innovative online news organization, Rappler....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B RESSA RESSummary: When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAYSummary: Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing, and from their candid and hilarious perspectives, reveal pieces of themselves along the way. This school program started in 1994 and today has over 6,000 kids from 60 schools involved.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAD1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAD
Patinella, Stefania
Summary: Transform the way your family eats with this easy-to-use, child-friendly guide to anti-inflammatory eating, including 100 simple and tasty recipes the whole family will love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 PATSummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Summary: When the first purple dragon, Malefor reappears Spyro, Hex, and Cynder struggle to prepare for the evil he unleashes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARSummary: "Europe's greatest cities--Paris, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Lisbon, Rome, Venice, Copenhagen, Berlin and Prague--offer an unparalleled introduction to the continent's wealth of world-class museums and iconic sights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPESummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDMarz, Ron
Summary: The Skylander Trap Team must work together to conquer grueling tests, win outrageous challenges, and defeat the vile villains to receive champion status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARHolub, Joan
Summary: Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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Summary: "Using archival documents, oral histories, and first-person memoir, WE WERE THERE is a history of the Third World Women's Alliance, a revolutionary, intersectional, socialist feminist organization that centered women of color and redefined second wave feminism in the 1970s"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 ROMRooney, Anne
Summary: Explains the principles of gravity, discussing the effect that gravity has on the Earth and on the human body and the consequences when gravity is either increased or decreased.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 ROORomney, Mitt.
Summary: Reacting to President Obama's remarks in which he repeatedly apologizes for America's international power, Romney asserts that American strength is essential--not just for our own well-being, but for the world's, and proposes a new commitment to citizenship. He outlines simple solutions to rebuild industry, create good jobs, reduce out of control spending on entitlements and healthcare,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.6 ROMRooney, Anne
Summary: From the invention of the wheel to the information age, young readers can discover how the world have changed since our early ancestors, in this innovative, beautifully illustrated guide. Packed with annotated timelines, it maps out the chronology of each era and picks out major events and personalities in a concise and clear manner. This approach helps readers to put facts in context and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcturus 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909 ROORooney, Jamie
Summary: "A police officer currently serving as the Resource and Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Officer in York, Maine, candidly relates her story of her childhood poverty, abuse, and dysfunctional families that motivated her to make something positive out of her life."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 ROONEY, JAMIE ROORomney, Ann
Summary: "Ann Romney, former First Lady of Massachusetts, bestselling author, and founder and global ambassador of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, will talk candidly about her journey with multiple sclerosis. She will share details from her initial diagnosis in 1998, through the highs and lows of her treatment to the sources of faith that gave her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
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Summary: In this book the author rewrites science's past to provide new ways of understanding and questioning our modern technological society. Aiming not just to provide information but to make people think, it explores how science has become so powerful by describing the financial interests and imperial ambitions behind its success. Sweeping through the centuries from ancient Babylon right up to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009